What you liked:
Better graphics, sims look more alive than in 3. They creeped me out in sims 3.
CAS is better than ever in terms of making sims look like real people.
I like the interactions with other sims more and house building is rather amazing.
The load times seem way better than sims 2, but maybe that's because I had so much CC.
There are a lot of new decorations and I haven't even had a chance to see it all yet.
The multitasking really is awesome though and had to LOL when my sim ordered pizza on the toilet.
What you didn't like:
The new baby interactions while interesting made the baby seem more like an object rather than a family member. It's tied to it's crib and you can't carry it around with you or taking the baby on walks from what I can tell. I don't like that there are no toddlers, I find the family aspect of this game greatly lacking, there should have been MORE stages of life, not less.
I can't stand that there are no pools, swimming, or water interactions. And I guess there is no weather in this game either. I would like to see some thunderstorms and property damage from extreme weather conditions.
And where is the gardener? Watering all my plants alone is time consuming. My sim would like a bicycle if there are to be no cars, would be nice to see her leave the property rather than just vanishing. I also can't find the option to send my sim to work, though they have been good at sending themselves.
I am not sure I like how when you purchase books they are in your inventory and have to be manually put into the bookshelf. Maybe I am missing something here but it seems way to time consuming.
Suggestions?:
Um, they really need to go back to sims 2 in terms of family dynamics and aging. New versions of the sims should have more family options, not less, they need to make children part of the family again and not try to skip over that part as many of us enjoy the idea of babies and spending time teaching our toddlers skills.
I always felt there should be MORE life stages (10 stages) baby, toddler, young child, child, preteen, teen, young adult, adult, middle age, and elderly. To me that would be a more realistic age range and I am very disappointed at the execution of this in Sims 4. The teens are the same height as adults *facedesks*, they really need to figure out height adjustment for sims.
Overall thoughts?
I think that graphics wise this is much better than I expected. I want to see the expansions address all the issues I listed above so I can have the experiences I had in Sims 2 which, sadly, this game falls short of its predecessor in many aspects. I think this is a good baseline, but they should not have released the game without the family aspect being much more rich and in depth than what I am experiencing.
EA Staff (Retired)
